Lexus Stakes prize money
The Lexus Stakes is worth AU$300,000 for the 2025 running . That makes it the 409th richest of the 997 races on this site and the 101st richest in Australia.
Every figure here is the money the race announces, in the currency it announces it in. The currency control at the top swaps the whole page.
What the Lexus Stakes is
Group 3 · 2,500 metres · Turf · Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
- Racecourse
- Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Grade
- Group 3
- Distance
- 2,500 metres
- Surface
- Turf
- Race type
- Thoroughbred
- Open to
- Three year olds and older that are not maidens
- First run
- 1869
We hold the total fund for the Lexus Stakes and no separate winner's cheque. What the winner takes is a rule the racecourse sets rather than a national one, and it varies race by race.
Every Lexus Stakes winner
157 runnings, 1869 to 2025, newest first
| Year | Winner | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Revelare | ||
| 2024 | Point King | ||
| 2023 | Kalapour | ||
| 2022 | Surefire | ||
| 2021 | Great House | ||
| 2020 | Ashrun | ||
| 2019 | Downdraft | ||
| 2018 | Prince Of Arran | ||
| 2017 | Cismontane | ||
| 2016 | Oceanographer | ||
| 2015 | Excess Knowledge | ||
| 2014 | Signoff | ||
| 2013 | Ruscello | ||
| 2012 | Kelinni | ||
| 2011 | Niwot | ||
| 2010 | Maluckyday | ||
| 2009 | Shocking | ||
| 2008 | Moatize | ||
| 2007 | Sculptor | ||
| 2006 | Maybe Better | ||
| 2005 | Strasbourg | ||
| 2004 | Don Raphael | ||
| 2003 | Big Pat | ||
| 2002 | Requiem | ||
| 2001 | Maythehorsebewithu | ||
| 2000 | Brew | ||
| 1999 | The Warrior | ||
| 1998 | Star Binder | ||
| 1997 | Backslapper | ||
| 1996 | Few Are Chosen | ||
| 1995 | Coachwood | ||
| 1994 | Pindi | ||
| 1993 | Tennessee Jack | ||
| 1992 | Big Barron | ||
| 1991 | Rasheek | ||
| 1990 | Mount Olympus | ||
| 1989 | Coshking | ||
| 1988 | Copatonic | ||
| 1987 | Scarvila | ||
| 1986 | Sea Legend | ||
| 1985 | Silver Award | ||
| 1984 | Chagemar | ||
| 1983 | Chagemar | ||
| 1982 | Allez Bijou | ||
| 1981 | Mr. Cromwell | ||
| 1980 | Bohemian Grove | ||
| 1979 | Karu | ||
| 1978 | Jury | ||
| 1977 | Major Till | ||
| 1976 | Reckless | ||
| 1975 | Suleiman | ||
| 1974 | Think Big | ||
| 1973 | Daneson | ||
| 1972 | Scotch And Dry | ||
| 1971 | Not Again | ||
| 1970 | Sudani | ||
| 1969 | Tails | ||
| 1968 | Raad | ||
| 1967 | Midlander | ||
| 1966 | Aveniam | ||
| 1965 | Sail Away | ||
| 1964 | Celero | ||
| 1963 | River Seine | ||
| 1962 | Le Storm | ||
| 1961 | Oreka | ||
| 1960 | Nilarco | ||
| 1959 | Grand Garry | ||
| 1958 | Baystone | ||
| 1957 | Baron Boissier | ||
| 1956 | Fighting Force | ||
| 1955 | Better Boy | ||
| 1954 | Plato | ||
| 1953 | My Hero | ||
| 1952 | Morse Code | ||
| 1951 | Glenvue | ||
| 1950 | Thracian Lad | ||
| 1949 | Foxzami | ||
| 1948 | Howe | ||
| 1947 | Dark Marne | ||
| 1946 | Chaytor | ||
| 1945 | Arduli | ||
| 1944 | Sirius | ||
| 1943 | Dark Felt | ||
| 1942 | Dark Felt | ||
| 1941 | Son Of Aurous | ||
| 1940 | Dashing Cavalier | ||
| 1939 | Catalogue | ||
| 1938 | Spear Chief | ||
| 1937 | Frill Prince | ||
| 1936 | Balkan Prince | ||
| 1935 | Sarcherie | ||
| 1934 | Panto | ||
| 1933 | Pretzel | ||
| 1932 | Roc | ||
| 1931 | White Nose | ||
| 1930 | Cimbrian | ||
| 1929 | Shadow King | ||
| 1928 | Epilogue | ||
| 1927 | Eridanus | ||
| 1926 | Beedos | ||
| 1925 | King Of Mirth | ||
| 1924 | Lilypond | ||
| 1923 | Englefield | ||
| 1922 | King Ingoda | ||
| 1921 | Wirriway | ||
| 1920 | Luteplayer | ||
| 1919 | Sea Bound | ||
| 1918 | Court Jester | ||
| 1917 | Lingle | ||
| 1916 | Dame Quickly | ||
| 1915 | Hush Money | ||
| 1914 | Uncle Matt | ||
| 1913 | Gladwyn | ||
| 1912 | Lord Alwyne | ||
| 1911 | Prizefighter | ||
| 1910 | Flavian | ||
| 1909 | Footpad | ||
| 1908 | Moani | ||
| 1907 | Tulkeroo | ||
| 1906 | Invergordon | ||
| 1905 | Demas | ||
| 1904 | Elvo | ||
| 1903 | Martyr | ||
| 1902 | Sojourner | ||
| 1901 | Ohio | ||
| 1900 | War God | ||
| 1899 | Miss Carbine | ||
| 1898 | Plutus | ||
| 1897 | Metford | ||
| 1896 | Mischief | ||
| 1895 | The Trier | ||
| 1894 | Foxtail | ||
| 1893 | Straightfire | ||
| 1892 | Hopetoun | ||
| 1891 | Pigeontoe | ||
| 1890 | Grey Gown | ||
| 1889 | Meteor | ||
| 1888 | Mara | ||
| 1887 | The Levite | ||
| 1886 | Claptrap | ||
| 1885 | Lesbia | ||
| 1884 | Favo | ||
| 1883 | Wallangra | ||
| 1882 | Odd Trick | ||
| 1881 | Saunterer | ||
| 1880 | Wellington | ||
| 1879 | Trump Yoss | ||
| 1878 | Levant | ||
| 1877 | The Vagabond | ||
| 1876 | Troy | ||
| 1875 | Kinchrachrie | ||
| 1874 | Newbold | ||
| 1873 | Imperial | ||
| 1872 | Early Morn | ||
| 1871 | Saladin | ||
| 1870 | Nimblefoot | ||
| 1869 | Aurora |
0 of the 157 runnings name the rider, 0 name the trainer and 0 name the owner, who is the one of the three the prize money actually belongs to.
Who wins the Lexus Stakes more than once
The fact the table above holds and cannot show
| Horse | Wins | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Chagemar | 2 | 1983, 1984 |
| Dark Felt | 2 | 1942, 1943 |
Races worth about the same
Either side of the Lexus Stakes in the world money order
| # | Race | Country | Prize money | As published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 399 | Emancipation StakesRosehill Gardens Racecourse, Sydney | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 400 | Expressway StakesRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 401 | Fred Best ClassicEagle Farm Racecourse or Doomben Racecourse | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 402 | Furious StakesRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 403 | Gilgai StakesFlemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 404 | Grand Prix StakesEagle Farm Racecourse | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 405 | Guy Walter StakesRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 406 | Ian McEwen TrophyMoonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 407 | Lee Steere StakesAscot Racecourse | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 408 | Let's Elope StakesFlemington Racecourse | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 410 | Light Fingers StakesRandwick Racecourse, | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 411 | Matriarch StakesFlemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 412 | Millie Fox StakesRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 413 | Missile StakesRandwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 414 | Moonee Valley Fillies ClassicMoonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 415 | Moreton CupEagle Farm Racecourse | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 416 | Neville Sellwood StakesRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 417 | Newcastle Gold CupNewcastle Racecourse, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 418 | P B Lawrence StakesCaulfield Racecourse | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
| 419 | Phar Lap StakesRosehill Gardens Racecourse | Australia | AU$300,000 | AU$300,000 |
The 20 races closest to the Lexus Stakes in what they pay, above and below it. Follow the ranking all the way up on the richest races in the world.
The rest of the money in Australia
291 races, 101st of them is this one
| Race | Racecourse | Grade | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guy Walter Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Group 2 | AU$300,000 |
| Ian McEwen Trophy | Moonee Valley Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 2 | AU$300,000 |
| Lee Steere Stakes | Ascot Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$300,000 |
| Let's Elope Stakes | Flemington Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$300,000 |
| Light Fingers Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, | Group 2 | AU$300,000 |
| Matriarch Stakes | Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia | Group 2 | AU$300,000 |
| Millie Fox Stakes | Rosehill Gardens Racecourse | Group 2 | AU$300,000 |
| Missile Stakes | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia | Group 2 | AU$300,000 |
Every race in Australia we hold a purse for is on the Australia prize money list.
Frequently asked questions
What is the total Lexus Stakes prize money?
AU$300,000, for the 2025 running.
Where does the Lexus Stakes rank among the richest races in the world?
409th of 997. 408 races pay more, the nearest of them Emancipation Stakes. In Australia it is 101st of 291.
Which horse has won the Lexus Stakes most often?
Chagemar, 2 times, in 1983, 1984.
When was the Lexus Stakes first run?
1869. This page holds 157 runnings, from 1869 to 2025.
How far is the Lexus Stakes?
2,500 metres, on turf, at Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne, Australia.
Where to next
The rest of the racing money